Nathan Eovaldi shines, and Rangers offense tees off on Angels in 13-1 victory

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi allowed one unearned run in six innings, Jake Burger and Wyatt Langford each homered and drove in four runs, and the Texas Rangers blew out the Los Angeles Angels 13-1 on Tuesday night.

Eovaldi (6-3) gave up five hits, struck out six and walked none to lower his ERA to 1.62 in 15 starts, the best among major league pitchers with at least 80 innings.

Corey Seager hit his 13th homer, Evan Carter drove in three runs, and Texas took advantage of nine walks, with six of those scoring.

Infielder Kevin Newman pitched the final three innings for the Angels and infielder Ezequiel Duran threw the ninth for the Rangers.

Angels starter José Soriano (6-6) did not allow a hit through three innings, but walked three of the first four batters in the fourth.

The Rangers then scored five runs in a span of six pitches for a 5-1 lead. Langford hit a two-run double to left, Carter had a ground-rule, two-run double to left and Burger hit an RBI single.

Texas took advantage of left-hander Sam Aldegheri’s three walks to score four runs in the fifth, making it 9-1.

Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery left Aldegheri, a top prospect who was called up from Double-A, in long enough to throw 42 pitches in the fifth. Seager’s sixth-inning homer off Aldegheri made it 10-1.

Soriano, with a 1-0 lead, threw two strikes to Seager to open the fourth before throwing seven straight balls and walking Seager and Marcus Semien, setting the table for the Rangers’ five-run outburst.

Seager is batting .447 (21 for 47) with five homers, two doubles, nine RBIs, 10 walks and no strikeouts in his last 13 games against the Angels dating to Sept. 26, 2023.

Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-6, 4.68 ERA) will oppose Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker (3-4, 5.80) on Wednesday night.

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Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout smiles after taking a pitch from Texas Rangers position player Ezequiel Duran during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels' Zach Neto is safe at first as Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger misses the throw during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels' Nolan Schanuel, left, is forced out at seconds as Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien fails to to throw out Taylor Ward at first during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi throws to the plate during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)